TABLE 2.
Total light organ concentrations of V. fischeri and V. logei in field-caught Sepiola adults
| Squid speciesa | Depth (m) | Temp (°C) | CFU/adult light organb
|
Ratio of V. fischeri to V. logei | Month and yr caught | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. fischeri | V. logei | |||||
| S. affinis (1) | 15 | 18 | 6.1 × 109 | 2.4 × 109 | 72:28 | May 1999 |
| S. affinis (1) | 20 | 22 | 2.4 × 109 | 6.3 × 108 | 79:21 | July 1995 |
| S. affinis (7) | 10 | 22 | 7.5 × 109 ± 6.6 × 108 | 9.1 × 108 ± 2.1 × 107 | 89:11 | July 1999 |
| S. affinis (2) | 20 | 18 | 5.1 × 108 ± 4.3 × 108 | 3.2 × 108 ± 1.2 × 107 | 61:39 | September 1995 |
| S. intermedia (2) | 75 | 16 | 4.8 × 108 ± 5.4 × 107 | 8.3 × 109 ± 3.4 × 109 | 6:94 | July 1999 |
| S. intermedia (2) | 60 | 12 | 8.4 × 107 ± 4.6 × 102 | 2.1 × 109 ± 1.2 × 108 | 4:96 | September 1995 |
| S. intermedia (1) | 55 | 12 | 1.0 × 109 | 3.8 × 109 | 21:79 | September 1998 |
| S. ligulata (1) | 40 | 16 | 2.1 × 1010 | 7.9 × 1010 | 21:79 | July 1999 |
| S. ligulata (3) | 55 | 10 | 7.1 × 1010 ± 3.2 × 107 | 1.8 × 1011 ± 2.9 × 106 | 28:72 | September 1998 |
| S. robusta (1) | 60 | 12 | 5.1 × 109 | 4.2 × 1010 | 11:89 | July 1995 |
| S. robusta (2) | 60 | 10 | 5.4 × 109 ± 1.5 × 109 | 7.1 × 1010 ± 4.5 × 109 | 7:93 | September 1998 |
a
The numbers in parentheses are the numbers of adult animals used to calculate bacterial concentrations.
b
When more than one animal was used to calculate concentrations, the values are means ± standard deviations.